Presbyterian Mission Agency oak flat Archives

PC(USA) joins in friend of the court brief in support of religious liberty

Posted October 16th, 2024

Together with leaders of the Mennonite Church USA and the Lipan Native American Church, the Rev. Jihyun Oh has signed a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Apache Stronghold v. United States et al. Read the brief here by scrolling down to the Oct. 15 filings.

Cross-country prayer journey to save sacred land garners Presbyterian support

Posted August 30th, 2024

Apache Stronghold is making a cross-country trek to preserve sacred land in Arizona and is garnering continued support from Presbyterians and other allies along the way to the nation’s capital. The Native American-led community organization, based in San Carlos, Arizona, is making a prayer journey to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C., in an attempt to preserve Oak Flat, a site in Tonto National Forest known to the Apache as Chi’chil Bildagoteel, from corporate destruction.

Presbyterian Hunger Program joins about 150 people praying for Oak Flat in Arizona

Posted November 20th, 2023

On Nov. 4, about 150 people gathered in prayer at Chi’chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat) in the Tonto National Forest of Arizona, sacred land of the San Carlos Apache and other Indigenous nations.

Presbyterian pastors team up to bring awareness to a land deal that will harm Native people in Arizona

Posted March 9th, 2023

A bill introduced Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent copper mining on a location sacred to several tribal nations in Arizona is being applauded by two Presbyterian pastors who have visited the Oak Flat site and met with tribal leaders there.